Political year-end recap with Steven Allen Adams, Amelia Knisley, and Brad McElhinny. Also Kanawha County Sherrif's Department spokesperson Jeremy Burns on drunk driving on New Year's Eve.
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this show tonight. Of course New Year's Eve. A lot
of you, probably not me since I'm old, but a
lot of people will be going out. I can promise
you I'm not going out anywhere as a matter of fact,
but it's a tradition New Year's Eve to go out.
Miss I may imbibe a little too much and drink
and drive. Never a good idea, especially considering we've got
more snow coming up today. I would to talk with
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Speaker 3 (02:51):
We'll return on Monday. We'll be back later today with
Metro News Midday though. All right, So the final day
of the years.
Speaker 6 (02:55):
Here.
Speaker 5 (02:56):
Time to look back, as many people do at this
time of year, but we want to look ahead and
we got breaking news I think to get to as well.
I want to welcome to the show this morning, Metro News.
Brad Michael Honey, Brad, Good morning, sir.
Speaker 7 (03:10):
Oh hi, good morning and hello to a.
Speaker 3 (03:16):
Whaling.
Speaker 7 (03:17):
Yeah you're in studio guest.
Speaker 3 (03:19):
Yes, Whaling and Grady. The cat's Amelia.
Speaker 5 (03:21):
If you don't know, Brad, it's a tradition Steve and
Brad always gives a big shout out to my cats.
Speaker 3 (03:26):
Whaling and Grady. Who are well. I wonder what they're doing. Oh,
they're sleeping.
Speaker 5 (03:30):
That's what they're doing right now, because they're house cats
and that's what they do.
Speaker 3 (03:33):
But Brad, thank you for joining us.
Speaker 5 (03:34):
Amelia nicely from West Virginia watches here. Good morning, dear,
How are you good morning? How are you doing your voice?
It's not good.
Speaker 8 (03:42):
It's not I promise this is not from yelling at
my children. We've had a wonderful break. I'm just getting
over a cold. But thanks for having that.
Speaker 9 (03:49):
You're good right, I'm great.
Speaker 3 (03:51):
A love of that going around. Steven Allen Adams, how
you do it man.
Speaker 10 (03:53):
I'm feeling great, man, I'm feeling squirrely.
Speaker 9 (03:55):
I'm ready to go.
Speaker 5 (03:56):
We could only hope many people would that Stephen and
Dave would would lose their voice. Right, that's only the hope.
Speaker 10 (04:01):
Ah, people pray for it all the time. But I
don't know if I ever have lost my voice.
Speaker 5 (04:06):
I frequently do, and it's usually like a sinus infection
type thing. When it got me, I just lose my voice.
I feel like you, Meil, Yeah, I feel fine, no
fever or whatever. But I have to tag somebody in,
you know, from time to time. All right, Brad, I
came downstairs this morning and walked into.
Speaker 3 (04:21):
The green room.
Speaker 5 (04:22):
Stephen and Amelia in there, and they hit me with
this story, this breaking story. As we are closing twenty
twenty five, have you heard the news of you? And
I said I I did not. So I'm going to
give an opportunity for one of them, either one of you.
This show has no format whatsoever this morning. Either one
of you to jump in, and Brad, you can weigh
in and I'll bring it up in the rear.
Speaker 2 (04:43):
But what.
Speaker 3 (04:45):
Have you got? Not a funny joke in my current
medical condition?
Speaker 11 (04:52):
All right?
Speaker 3 (04:53):
All right, all right, all right, Brad, go ahead, I
mean Stephen go ahead.
Speaker 9 (04:56):
Sure.
Speaker 10 (04:57):
So our Governor Patrick Morrisey tweeted this at twelve o
one am early this morning. Quote I want This was
in response to a Mountain State Spotlight tweet looking back
at some of their stories from twenty twenty five, but quote,
I want to see your stories about the squirrel extermination
program where you wasted massive taxpayer resources trying to chase
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false rumors. Mountain State Spotlight, please address unquote. So this
is addressing a I hate to even bring it up
because we've all looked into this and it's nonsense. But
like the governor sort opened himself up for this one.
There had been rumors about employees at the state capital
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Complex disposing of an exterminating some of the squirrel population
on Capitol grounds, the beloved squirrel population in the Capitol grounds.
Speculate about some of the reasons. There's some funny stories
out there. Ultimately turned out not to be true. But
there are some reporters who I believe a file Freedom
of Information after request trying to get some additional information
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about this. So far, it's been kind of relegated within
the world of capital dwellers. But but now it's sort
of out there now because the governor tweeted it out
and sell.
Speaker 9 (06:19):
But yeah, it's a it's very squirrely.
Speaker 3 (06:22):
Okay, Well I had heard this.
Speaker 5 (06:24):
We've had text from time to time about you know,
in any time we've had the governor on people, you know,
and they text in a variety of things. And that's
to be understand no matter who the governor is. And
somebody had texted a couple of times, ask about the squirrels,
Ask about the squirrel Brad, what do you know about
this story?
Speaker 7 (06:41):
If it's news, it's news to me. Uh So, the
squirrels at the Capitol are in great supply and they
probably could use a predator. You know, I'm a little
curious about the squirrels. A but be whatever massive massive
was the word tex tax payer dollars. I'd like that
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to be further defined, Amelia.
Speaker 12 (07:07):
I mean I heard these rumors as well.
Speaker 8 (07:09):
At one point someone told me there were buckets of
deceased squirrels somewhere in the Capitol.
Speaker 12 (07:14):
But yeah, I agree with that.
Speaker 3 (07:16):
It wasn't the cafeteria. Although squirrels are delicious, is good.
I've eaten squirrel Yeah, that's very good.
Speaker 12 (07:22):
I'm not even really a meat eater and squirrel gravy.
Speaker 9 (07:24):
It's good.
Speaker 8 (07:25):
But yeah, I would like to know more about the
massive resources because we deal with foyas all the time
and yeah, it's typically not uh And let's just say
in other branches of government responding to foyas doesn't seem
to be a massive overhaul.
Speaker 10 (07:40):
All I'm saying is during Halloween there was this decoration
on the back gay of the Governor's match, and that
was just a bunch of little many skeletons were back
back there and like on a string, and there was
some specator.
Speaker 3 (07:54):
No, we're not We're not implying that the governor would
do that.
Speaker 10 (07:56):
Now you have looked, I have looked into this. I've
asked a few pe people. Look squirrels down with Capitol grounds.
There are hawks that kill the squirrels, there's other reasons
that squirrels can die on the grounds or whatnot. General
services are the ones that usually have to go around
pick them up and whatnot. I think everything has led
me to where maybe somebody else may do that and
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spread a rumor that sort of thing. Are there too
many squirrels on the Capitol grounds. I don't know, I
mean maybe, but I mean.
Speaker 12 (08:26):
One did jump in my backpack once. That's a real story.
Speaker 10 (08:29):
Yeah, it dropped the dead squirrel in front of my
wife Jessica one time I do on Capitol Grounds.
Speaker 3 (08:34):
It was a gift.
Speaker 9 (08:35):
Yeah, it was a gift.
Speaker 3 (08:36):
It was a gift.
Speaker 5 (08:37):
All right, So we'll we'll just file this under a
non story. But again, you know, it probably is now
become a little bit more of a story that what
wouldn't have been Stephen because of the of the expost.
Speaker 10 (08:48):
Yeah, I mean, it's why everyone should be like me
and being bed by ten.
Speaker 8 (08:53):
I know. I actually saw it at midnight because I
was up watching reality TV and I was like, oh,
I can't text Steven and Brad because they go to
bed normal hours like adult.
Speaker 5 (09:02):
Yeah, all right, we'll just move on from there. Brand
uh what and again, uh, we'll have more information as
it becomes available, as we say, as we.
Speaker 3 (09:10):
Say in the business, not from us.
Speaker 12 (09:11):
I'm not looking anymore.
Speaker 5 (09:14):
Don't even get started talking about the China, because I
get somebody that texted you all the time that wants
me to ask the governor about the China at the
at the governor.
Speaker 3 (09:20):
Look, I will say this, Uh.
Speaker 5 (09:23):
One of the and I'm not trying to, you know,
be in any way, shape or form, you know, mean
hearted or whatever. I am happy that we have a
governor and a first Lady that are at the Governor's
Mansion as the constitution requires, and they seem like they
have really really taken to it and doing all the
decorating and doing all the things. They're not just a
Christmas but year around. So to me, that's refreshing to see.
Speaker 10 (09:45):
Bringing in the tourists, I think, especially for Christmas was
especially nice. It's the hundredth Most people don't stop to
realize this. It's the one hundredth anniversary.
Speaker 11 (09:53):
Uh.
Speaker 10 (09:54):
This year was of the Governor's mansion from when it
was completed.
Speaker 9 (09:58):
Uh.
Speaker 10 (09:58):
And I know that, and I've talked to a few
people and the governor's staff. They're all about trying to
kind of highlight the mansion and showcase. It's one of
the reasons they did the tours here during the Christmas season.
And it's a beautiful place. If you've never been in it,
I take the tour.
Speaker 5 (10:13):
Yeah, Brad in your opinion, and we'll kind of go
in this direction right now. Biggest one or two stories
that had the most impact in West Virginian in twenty
twenty five.
Speaker 7 (10:26):
No, man, well, you know this is the tragedy involved.
This is going to be a bummer. But I certainly
think that it's the deployment of the West Virginian National
Guard to Washington, d C. Which was a major story
in itself, but it became about much more so with
the shootings of Sarah Bestrom and Andrew Wolfe. Bextrom of
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course died on Thanksgiving Day, bringing that tragedy to a head.
I mean pointing for so many West Virginians who know
people much like her. She was a twenty twenty three
high school graduate, had her full life to live, and
you know you saw a community outpouring in response to
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her death. Just just a senseless tragedy. And then Andrew
wolf also shot the day before Thanksgiving near the Farragut
West metro stop in Washington, d C. And you know
that's a tragedy too. He appears to be recovery, which
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which warms the heart, but it's it's hard to think
that his life or his families will ever be the same.
And what so I mean to me that that was
a major story of twenty twenty five here in the
last weeks since Thanksgiving, and anyway, apologies to everyone for
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being such a bummer, but I think.
Speaker 5 (11:50):
No, and that's I mean, that's a there's no wrong answer.
I mean, I asked for people to kind of weigh
in on what they saw.
Speaker 3 (11:55):
Amelia.
Speaker 12 (11:57):
I was going to say that one because leading.
Speaker 3 (11:59):
Let's just all agree on that, that was the story.
Stephen Okay, oh for sure, National Guard in general.
Speaker 8 (12:03):
Yeah, yeah, And I was going to say adding to that,
I mean it obviously Thanksgiving, it took a turn in
a very sad way, but there were a lot of
legal questions about it leading up to that too. Something
else that stands up to me this year is all
the school closures. Yes, and those are some of our
most read stories at West Virginia Watch. So you know,
it's not just here in Kenall County. It's all over
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the state and in some of these rural counties. I mean,
I have Clay County looking at losing their only middle
school for the whole county. It's going to consolidate with
her high school. You have school, you have so many
elementary schools closing, and so I think just our declining
population other factors have played into that, and I think
while those may not be the stories you see above
the fold every day, those are the stories I think
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communities are really grappling with this year.
Speaker 6 (12:48):
Well.
Speaker 10 (12:48):
I feel like the religious vaccine exemption issue has literally
been with us since beginning of twenty twenty five on,
literally from the day after Governor Morrissey took office, because
he does other executive order allowing for religious exemptions to
the school compulsory vaccine law for school aged children. Then
the legislative session happens, we have the governor's build codify that.
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Of course it dies in the House. Then we have
the fight between the Governor and the State Board of
Education on the policies regarding that. Then we have the
lawsuit filed in Rowley County. We have the preliminary exemption
of the preliminary you know, stopping of this sort of thing.
You've got the permanent injunction, and now it's before the
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State Supreme Court, and we're not even gonna get this
thing settled until probably the middle of twenty twenty six.
Speaker 9 (13:36):
So it's been with.
Speaker 10 (13:37):
Us all year long and really kind of sucking up
a lot of the oxygen.
Speaker 5 (13:41):
Yeah, we have and I definitely want to get into
an area that you specialize in.
Speaker 3 (13:46):
Amelia.
Speaker 5 (13:47):
Well, you write a lot about it, I'll say, because
you specialize in a lot of different areas and that's
the that's the foster care situations.
Speaker 3 (13:51):
We'll get in a little bit of it.
Speaker 5 (13:52):
So we're going to take a break. Brad, can you
stick around with us? Or are are you off to
other duties?
Speaker 7 (13:59):
The only other duty I have so far as I
am again reviewing the year with Dave Wilson.
Speaker 5 (14:03):
Okay, all right, all right, so you're you're good to
stick through the break? Is that what you're saying? So, Brad, Brad,
are you okay to stay through the break with us? Okay,
Well we may have lost Brad. All right, Well we'll
keep the efforting Brad. We'll find out the answer to
that question. Maybe the squirrel's got him. All right, we'll
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I'm brad that mclhenney is here as well. I need
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called to address road conditions not immediately known if travelers
had been injured. They've not provided a timeline for when
the interstate will open.
Speaker 3 (17:30):
That's where we are right.
Speaker 5 (17:31):
Now, and again, not a lot of snow out there
at all. I mean even at dusting a little bit
worse where I live in Putnam County than what it
was when I got into Charleston, But there is. Any
of the traffic folks will tell you there are more
accidents when there is a half an inch of snow
than when there are ten inches of snow because people
just don't think about it and they just don't slow down.
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So that's an area outside as system bill this morning,
Amelia Nicely from West Virginia, watch Steven Allen Adams from
Ogden Newspapers. Brad mcilhanney is here, as we think, Brad.
Speaker 3 (18:00):
Are you still with us?
Speaker 13 (18:02):
Oh?
Speaker 7 (18:02):
Hi, I believe I am.
Speaker 3 (18:04):
Okay, all right.
Speaker 5 (18:05):
We had a question that somebody called in and we
didn't put him on the air, but they had a question.
Maybe one of you all can answer this. Do we
have any updates on Andrew Wolfe's condition? If you guys
heard anything in a while, Amelia, Stephen, I'll let Ameli
I'll start with you. Any any updates that.
Speaker 3 (18:19):
We've heard lately, not lately.
Speaker 8 (18:21):
I feel like a week ago I saw another encouraging
post from his family.
Speaker 3 (18:25):
Yeah. Yeah, the governor I think talked about it. Brad,
do you have anything to update.
Speaker 7 (18:32):
You know now and then the adjutant General Jim Seward
provides an update about Wolfe's condition, as does sometimes his
mother on social media, and I think all have been
positive signs. I mean, he's still in I think really
serious shape, has a long word ahead of him, but
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it sounds like is continuing his recovery in physical rehabilitation's Stephen.
Speaker 10 (19:01):
I think the most recent update was posted yesterday by
General Seward specific prayer requests for Andy. Priest joined me
in praying for Andy while he's engaged in intensive rehab
six hours a day, specifically for his speech and cognitive ability.
So it looks to me like he is just on
the rehabilitate rehabilitation train. Obviously long ways to go, but
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it does sound like there's improvement with every day, so
that's wonderful to hear.
Speaker 5 (19:32):
All right, guys, Speaker Handshaw had the Republican Caucus of
the House, you know, not long ago, they had two
three weeks ago, had a press conference over they were saying,
we are going to focus, uh, not so much on
social issues, but on business issues.
Speaker 7 (19:46):
Now.
Speaker 5 (19:46):
It's not to say that things can't come up, because
things do. But you know the House, and this was
not the Senate.
Speaker 3 (19:50):
This was the House.
Speaker 5 (19:51):
We are focused on business, commerce, you know, all the things.
Likelihood is we cross into the new year in a
couple of weeks we begin session. Likelihood that that continues.
Brad will start with you, Well.
Speaker 7 (20:05):
You know, I think one indicator has been the Governor
Patrick Morrissey a couple of times has had press conferences
emphasizing economic matters. I think it was a good idea
by the House Speaker and the entire FUCUS to set
a goal and to work toward it as the session begins,
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rather than just having things unstated. I think you're more
likely to actually focus and then you know, we've heard
I think very little from the Senate so far. You
do have to get things through two chambers, so it's
hard to tell when we finally hit the session what
the emphasis truly will be.
Speaker 10 (20:44):
Yeah, we have the Lee Western jam Press Association has
its Legislative look Ahead a week from Friday this Friday,
where we'll hear from the House Speaker Hanshaw and Senate
President Randy Smith, so we should get more of a
view from the Senate side of things, hopefully where their
heads are at what they plan to do. But yeah,
(21:04):
I do think that the message has been received. There's
been pulling that the Chamber of Commerce has done, other
groups have done. People are interested in better economic conditions,
or interested more jobs, or interested I kind of hate
the use of this buzz word now, but but but
(21:25):
I mean, but it's true though, I mean, affordability is
a broad phrase. But people are interested in those types
of issues. And sure there will be some that tried
to push some social issues. I think State Cenator my
Cage Singers is going to probably bold across to every
school in the state by the time the legislative session's done.
But otherwise, I do think the focus is primarily going
to be on improving economic conditions.
Speaker 12 (21:48):
I agree, I don't think.
Speaker 8 (21:50):
I do think the House will have that focus because
you look at who's in some of the leadership positions
in the House, like Delegate jb Acres, even Delegate Warrel
who's over the House Health Committee. They aren't usually pushing
social issues, even if they might agree with some of
those things. So I don't think the House is really
going to stray from that. I mean, you never know,
it's an election, Ye're right, But I think it's what
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happens after those bills leave that chamber.
Speaker 12 (22:12):
Yeah, I mean there was not the best.
Speaker 8 (22:15):
Vibes between the Senate and House last year, or the
Legislature and the governor, and so I think it just
it's more going to be what happens when that bill
leaves the House and how does it go.
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Speaker 3 (22:36):
Menumeil, y'all want to start with you on.
Speaker 5 (22:38):
The foster care situation. And unfortunately, you know, just like
there's two things foster care Peia and they kind of
they seem to be side by side A and B
or should I say six seven? I mean, don't please, don't.
Speaker 3 (22:52):
I have no idea.
Speaker 5 (22:53):
Every now and then I throw something out that makes
Ryan just scratch his head, you know, but these two things,
it seems like this time last year we probably sat
here and said what about foster care and PI.
Speaker 3 (23:09):
Take it from there.
Speaker 8 (23:10):
I mean, so I think coming into this session, what
is a little bit different is that you have a
governor who has vowed changes to the foster care system.
And that's not to say that Governor Justice didn't want
those things or didn't bring them up, but Governor Morrissey
has held now two press conferences specifically calling for foster
care reform. He just rolled out a plan to bring
(23:30):
about three hundred kids from out of state back in
state who are in facilities.
Speaker 12 (23:34):
We haven't really seen.
Speaker 8 (23:35):
That focus from a governor, you know, in the last
few years. Then you have a group of lawmakers who
have already introduced close to fifteen bills about foster care.
So we're heading into the session, I think with a
very strong focus on this issue. I think the question
marks moving forward are money. A lot of these ideas
take money. This is not a legislature that has been
(23:56):
a fan of spending extra money. Lawmakers are hoping that
they can draw down some federal dollars to fix problems
like CPS not enough CPS workers, or their caseloads are
too high, or they want to put body cameras on
CPS workers. Right, They have all these ideas, so I
think that's something to move forward. And then also the
Department of Human Services has to buy into the legislation,
and I've already been told they're not a fan of
(24:18):
most of these bills. And to be fair, sometimes lawmakers
don't always know how to fix foster care right. But
also there has to be collaboration between the branches for
things to really work, not blame, not shoving it aside,
not saying we'll fix that, don't worry about it, and
then they don't.
Speaker 12 (24:34):
So I think that's going to be the.
Speaker 10 (24:35):
Thing to PIA specifically. I think whatever they end up
doing with PIA, if they do anything, I'm convinced that
they may not do anything. But if they do anything,
I think they'll make some tweaks, maybe to the spousal
search art issue, because that's obviously going up. It has
to go up because state code requires it to go
(24:56):
up and change based on certain set of metrics whatnot.
And the only way you can change that is the
legislature going in and tweaking that. I could see them
freezing that or someone trying to offer legislation to maybe
freeze that to keep it from going up for one
more year. But beyond that, I think whatever they do
is going to be around the edges.
Speaker 5 (25:15):
Well, and one thing on the show last week, guys,
I had Delegate Andy Shamblin on, and he's in a
unique position because he's not only a legislator, but he's
also a teacher, a teacher at Nighter High School. And
of course they just went through that tragedy there when
the student took his own life. That students' parents have
gone public and said, you know, to try to warn
other parents about these science and things of that nature.
(25:35):
And I think the term we talked about terms at
this time of year, it's a relatively new term the last.
Speaker 3 (25:41):
Couple of years, sextortion.
Speaker 5 (25:43):
This story has gotten nationwide attention because unfortunately, not only
happens here, and this kind of happens all over the world.
Speaker 3 (25:51):
Any possibility because.
Speaker 5 (25:53):
Andy Shamlin, who is a teacher and a legislator, seemed
to be on the show last week very very adamant, guys,
that we're going to take a look at something here,
a code change or something.
Speaker 3 (26:02):
Brad, do you have anything on that.
Speaker 7 (26:06):
No, I mean, I think it's hard in the right place,
you know. To me, what is necessary is for kids
who are going through something like that to feel comfortable
revealing it to their parents or to the police or whoever.
And that's it's a big ask because you know it
works on embarrassment and humiliation.
Speaker 8 (26:29):
Senator Chapman, who's over the Senate Health Committee, also has
a focus on this issue.
Speaker 12 (26:34):
So I think this is one bill where we could see.
Speaker 8 (26:36):
I think companion bills in the House and Senate move forward,
so I do think this is an issue we'll see.
Speaker 10 (26:41):
I'd also point out the Delegate Chamblain Courses also on
the House Judiciary Committee as well. Liked delegate has good
relationship with with Chairman Acres, so I'd say this has
some real shoulders behind it to make it happen.
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Speaker 3 (27:06):
Now let's talk about it. You mentioned it. Twenty twenty
six is an election year.
Speaker 5 (27:09):
I had State Democratic Party chair in deligate Mike Pushkin
on the Metro News midday program yesterday, and he had
told me he had been all of the state and
on the phone and on the zoom machine, you know,
talking with prospective candidates about running that had The Democrats
are very very serious. They see some inroads in West Virginia,
mainly because of what some would say would be some
infighting among Republicans. I think it's pretty ambitious. As much
(27:33):
as I like Mike Pushkin personally, I think it's very
ambitious to think that he'll be able to put somebody
in all those positions run and that they'll have a
legitimate shot at running. But let's talk about the Republicans
for a moment. We've had more and more people in
some very strong Republican areas on the come out said
(27:54):
they're going to run in the primary against other Republicans.
Now that wasn't it was that way with Democrats, but
always wasn't always that way with Republicans. Is that in
any of you, Guessteve, I'll start with you. Is is
that a sign that there's issues or is that a
sign that we're the controlling party and everybody wants a
piece of it and then we're doing well well.
Speaker 10 (28:12):
I do think it is a sign that there are
some fractures within the Republican Party in the state and
Republican elected officials. I liking that the light red versus
dark red. Light red being who you would consider to
be your traditional Republicans pre Donald Trump Chamber of Commerce
style Republicans that are into certain social issues but on
(28:34):
the fringes, on the edges. But then you've got the
dark red, which are going to be more of the
far right, new right maga right types that are going
to take a harder stance and are going to be
kind of liberal on some issues that traditionally Republicans aren't
really on, like, for example, like tort reform and stuff
like that, and doing some issue trying to pull out
(28:57):
some of those tort reform issues. So I think you're
seeing that fight play out. A lot of the candidates
that they recruited, especially in the Senate on the Republican side,
are meant to take on some of the more conservative
members that have kind of come the leadership positions in
that body. So that's the fight I think you're seeing.
Speaker 7 (29:16):
Well, yeah, I mean, I think what we've seen for
the last five years or so, maybe longer has been
has been conflicts among the supermajorities themselves. You know what
kind of what brand of Republican are you? And it's
it's been more that than than fights between Republicans and Democrats.
(29:38):
And I mean until Democrats make more inroads, that's that's
going to continue. And it's reflected in the closed primaries
that Republicans are about to embark on. You know, that's
that's a sign that the in fighting, I think, and.
Speaker 5 (29:53):
The Republicans last year at their convention, guys, they came
out and they closed Brad alude to they closed primary.
So if you're a registered independent, you know, used to
go in be able to go in and say I
want to I'm a registered independent, but I want a
Republican or I want a Democrat.
Speaker 8 (30:09):
Bow.
Speaker 5 (30:09):
The Republicans have said no to that. Their argument that
got this, the people that got this passed. Their argument was,
if you're a Republican, then you should register as a Republican.
If you're a Democrat, you should register as a Democrat.
I said that, I think that's going to hurt the Republicans.
Some people agree, some people don't agree. I think that
the Democratic Party is and Pushkin and others have come
out and said, look, you they this is their imaging.
(30:32):
This is not what I'm saying. Their imaging has been Look,
they don't want you. You're welcome to to come over
to us. Do you think there'll be any impact come
the primary election.
Speaker 3 (30:41):
Amelia, I do.
Speaker 8 (30:42):
I mean, I don't know that I have a really
good prediction, but I do think we'll see an impact
on it, especially with this infighting with the Republicans. I
think if this had been done a few years ago,
maybe it wouldn't have mattered that much. But now with
this fracture that's really visible in the party, I think
it'll be interesting. We also have a new voter ID
law going into effect before this next election, where you
(31:05):
have to have what a driver's a government ID.
Speaker 9 (31:08):
And we were one photo idea.
Speaker 8 (31:10):
Yeah yeah, and so now like your Medicaid card and
some other forms of ID that maybe elderly voters which
were a very elderly state would have used to vote,
are not going to work. And we were told on
the House floor that that, you know, these county clerks
can print these new IDs.
Speaker 12 (31:27):
I would like to verify that's actually something I want
to work on.
Speaker 5 (31:29):
I can tell you, I can tell you I'll go
a little inside Baseball Here full disclosure. Steve and I
both will spent time in a Secretary of State's office.
I can tell you when the vote. The voter ID
law went into effect in twenty eighteen. The first time
it was used was in the Roads to Prosperity election. Yeah,
you could at that time go to your county clerk's
office and you could request a free photo ID because
(31:50):
I know, because some of us had to go on
the road and and put those cameras out there, and
they were absolutely free at that point. Very few people
we took them up on it, very few people. Most
people that came into the county clerk's office said well,
I just want another photo ID, and then they had
to explain to him, well, this is only for voting.
This is not going to get you your ability to
(32:10):
get a hotel room or sorry.
Speaker 2 (32:11):
Right.
Speaker 8 (32:12):
And I had seen a news story, I think in
Hancock County months ago that they got a grant to
get the machine to make these voto ideas. So it
got me thinking like, well who else needs a grant
to get those?
Speaker 2 (32:20):
Right?
Speaker 12 (32:21):
So anyway, I just I'm not saying that I'll have
a massive effect, but I.
Speaker 8 (32:24):
Think the closed primary the voter, right, like, there's some
things that play in this election that'll be interesting.
Speaker 3 (32:28):
So even you want to follow up on that.
Speaker 10 (32:29):
Yeah, I think she's right, and I think look, I mean,
Trump nationwide is not popular, but he remains popular in West.
Speaker 3 (32:37):
Virginia, and zero signed that that's changing in West Virginia.
Speaker 10 (32:40):
Not no change of that in the state of West Virginia.
But do I think, particularly you're more urban parts of
the state that Democrats can take maybe one or two
House seats, maybe take a Senate seat, perhaps up in
the Montegalia Marion County corridor.
Speaker 9 (32:56):
I think it's possible.
Speaker 10 (32:57):
I think you might see a few Democratic pickups, not
a lot, not enough to break up the super majority
and the Republicans, but enough the where it might make
somebody raise a few eyebrows.
Speaker 12 (33:07):
I think that's this election.
Speaker 8 (33:08):
A Democrat candidate described it to me as a lightning
and a bottle moment, and I would agree with that.
Speaker 12 (33:13):
Yeah, there's no Trump on the ticket or a JD.
Speaker 8 (33:16):
Vans, I think, and people are very frustrated with national politics,
local politics.
Speaker 12 (33:21):
Why can I not afford my grocery bill?
Speaker 8 (33:23):
And so those things along with this closed primary, all
these things might play in Temacris well.
Speaker 5 (33:28):
And I'll kind of close with this and Brad, I'll
give you an opportunity to wag in this as well.
In talking to Pushkin on the mid Day Show yesterday,
I said, you know, as a marketing from a marketing perspective,
to go in and convince somebody who may be very
very strong in their beliefs, you know that I'm a
Democrat and I want to run. What they're going to
do when they go into some of these areas and
(33:49):
they knock on doors and a lot of questions because
I've been there, I've seen it, a lot of questions
are going to be Okay, you're a registered Democrat, how
do you feel about Trump?
Speaker 3 (33:57):
And when you.
Speaker 5 (33:58):
Go into some of these hollers and West Virginia, as
soon as you say, well, I'm not really a door
slams because that's where West Virginia is right now, and
it's it's rough. And push Can admitted that on show
it's going to be rough to try to convince people
to run. Although he says they're doing a good job
and I believe him on that, but to to you know,
get that image that because all politics has become national
(34:19):
over the last couple of years to say, I am
a old school West Virginia Republican. And then they start
throwing out the turns Biden, Pelosi, Kamala Harris, so on
and so forth.
Speaker 3 (34:28):
Brad, your thoughts on that, and we'll and then and
then we'll let you go. How's that? And and I've
got other things to get to as well.
Speaker 7 (34:35):
Well. You know, I would say the most important election
this spring in West Virginia is actually non partisan. There
are two seats up on the state Supreme Court. That
has been a move to try to make those partisan races.
But they are non partisan for now, two out of
the five justices, and they have important things ahead of
them this year. So if that's not on your radar, listeners,
(34:57):
I really think it should be.
Speaker 9 (34:58):
It should be.
Speaker 3 (34:58):
You're absolutely right. We'll close with that. Brad.
Speaker 5 (35:01):
Thank you so much, and I hope you and the
family have a very very happy New Year.
Speaker 3 (35:04):
Thanks for joining us.
Speaker 5 (35:05):
I know you're gonna be on talk line with Wilson
later today, So thank you, my friend as always, and
we'll be talking to you in the new year.
Speaker 7 (35:12):
Thanks and hello to Grady and Wheland. Happy New York.
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Speaker 3 (35:36):
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But the circus is back in town, but with not
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It is New Year's Eve, though a lot of people
are going to be out celebrating, some of us on
our couches, checking out about ten and hopefully waking up
town to see the ball drop at midnight. But others
are going to go out and sadly many will try
(38:58):
to drive home after they've had a few too many
and with the projected snowfall tonight, just all around never
a good idea of but especially when you add a
little snow and ice. So it started to Jeremy Burns
from the Kanawh County Sheriff's Partment's here and he joins us.
Speaker 3 (39:11):
Now good morning, sir, and welcome to the show.
Speaker 4 (39:13):
Good morning, good to be here.
Speaker 5 (39:14):
First of all, I talked earlier about this traffic situation
on I seventy seven around Cistonville, and I know that
when you leave here, I think you're gonna go and
try to help those guys out up there. There's slick
conditions out there this morning. Not a lot of snow,
but there's slick conditions out there, and you guys are
on it.
Speaker 6 (39:28):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (39:29):
I've been in contact with the news all morning, and
I've actually lost count of the number of recks we've
actually had where we have deputies working accidents with accidents
happening right beside them. Yeah, so it's pretty bad up there.
They have I believe the south Found lane shut down
right now. Yeah, just wait on DH show up and
salt the roads.
Speaker 5 (39:43):
Yeah, it's gonna get better a little bit later on
to the day because we're gonna get a little sunshine
actually warm up to around four thirty seven forty degrees
wearing in general neighborhood. All right, it should be a
no brainer, you know, to tell people don't drink and drive,
but people do it, and they do it, not just
on New Year's Eve, they do it year round. But
adding to the fact tonight we are going to have
some snow roll in they say after night or ten
ocloss couldn't make it even worse. Your advice to people
(40:04):
if they're heading out tonight, First.
Speaker 4 (40:07):
And foremost, we want you to have fun, go out
and enjoy New Year's Eve, celebrate, hang out with your friends.
But we want you to be responsible. We want you
to be safe, and more importantly, we just want to
make sure you're not drinking and driving.
Speaker 5 (40:18):
And what about do you have extra patrols out tonight
or I mean, here's the thing. Anytime I talk to
anybody from the Kenaw County Sheriff's apart, but I mean,
Connaw County is a big old county. I mean it's
really it really is huge. And uh, but you're bringing
an extra patrol.
Speaker 4 (40:32):
So yeah, we're gonna put six additional deputies out this evening.
And the whole reason for them being out is to
target impair driving, right.
Speaker 5 (40:40):
And what I mean I don't want to give away
trade secrets here, but I mean, what as a police officer,
how do I mean do you do you there's signs
obviously that you look for, but you know, you know,
you're veering from lane to lane something like that. Officer,
what are you looking at.
Speaker 4 (40:57):
When you're impaired. You have a hard time first and
foremost keeping your car. You've heard between the lines, that's
when you're going over the center line, going over the
white line on your right. You have people that drive
the wrong speed limit. They'll drive twenty miles slower they
probably should be, or twenty miles faster. So there's a
lot of things that factor into that. But we do
our traffic stop. We go and talk to the driver.
We look for certain signs. We look for, you know,
(41:18):
the odor of alcohol. We look at your bloodshot eyes,
and if those symptoms are there, then we I show
a step out and do a few field.
Speaker 5 (41:24):
Spready, if you are, and I'm not trying to give
away you know, if this is how you get by
with it, that's not what I'm trying to do at all.
Speaker 3 (41:30):
Don't don't read me wrong. But if you are.
Speaker 5 (41:32):
If someone who's had a few drinks at a New
Year's Eve party or any time and they get pulled over,
is it better to just say Okay, I made a
mistake here.
Speaker 3 (41:42):
I mean, it's always better to be honest yeah, front
with the officer.
Speaker 4 (41:46):
But when it comes to New Year's Eve and it
comes to impaired driving, we don't show any tolerance. Right,
if you're impaired and you're putting other people's lives in danger,
you're going up in handcuffs.
Speaker 5 (41:55):
Heis well, and it's not just about you. And sometimes,
you know, you could see situations where someone is you
may think that you're okay. Well, what if somebody that
is sober crashes into you and and you're intoxic, you
can still be charged. I mean even though you weren't
necessarily the person that caused the accident.
Speaker 4 (42:13):
You cannot operate a motor vehicle compaired whatsoever. So whether
you're a cause for the accident or not, if you're
involved in that, it looks like it's your fault.
Speaker 3 (42:21):
Yeah, absolutely, one hundred pent.
Speaker 5 (42:22):
Bottom line is is you know, as you said, sergeant
and you were talking with Sergeant Sergeant jam By Burns
the Kana County Sheriff's Department, if you want to go
out and have fun, if you are going to have
a few or one even get a designated driver, put
a diet coke in somebody's hand, or a water or whatever,
and and.
Speaker 3 (42:39):
Just and don't take that.
Speaker 5 (42:40):
And there's too many options out there now, you know,
than what there were fifteen twenty years ago, because you know,
everybody's got Lyft and Uber and things of that nature,
so there's there's just so many options out there.
Speaker 4 (42:50):
Yeah, if you plan on going out this evening, go
ahead and download your Uber app. Go ahead and download lyfts,
set up your accounts, get the app ready, and if
you feel like you've had too much this evening, call
that Uber.
Speaker 5 (42:59):
To And sometimes there will be those people that it
sneaks up on you. You're to kind of go I
thought it was okay, but I'm not. Now, don't take
the chance. I mean, if you have a question, even
if you don't, just just simply don't take the chance.
And it puts if you go out to a bar
type setting or some sort of a party, We've seen
cases sometimes when even even the people that are serving
them could be charged. So you know, just the bottom
(43:21):
line is just just be safe or just stay home.
Speaker 3 (43:23):
And you could also do that as well.
Speaker 4 (43:25):
Yes, say it home is definitely the safest idea, but
just know your limits. You know, know how much you
can have and when you feel like you're hitting that stop.
Sober up for a while before you go out and drive.
Speaker 5 (43:35):
All right, Stars Jeremy Burns, Kennaugh County Sheriff's Apartment. Be
careful out there yourself, and also on that situation where
the roads will kind of slick up on seventy seven
around Systemville.
Speaker 3 (43:43):
Appreciate you being here. Thanks so much for having me.
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have a couple of texts I want to get to,
and there were a couple actually that came in.
Speaker 3 (46:07):
One of these.
Speaker 5 (46:08):
Sometimes I think people get the text lines mixed up.
We have two different text lines for this show and
Metro News Midday. This text line Curtisy with Tony the
Taylor's three zero four nine three five five zero zero eight,
So just keep that in mind. Different text line though
available for the Metro News Midday show. So sometimes texts
come to this show and I don't get them because
they were meant for the other show based on the time.
(46:28):
But we were talking on Metro News Midday the other
day had Dave Wilson on, who actually interviewed the first
disc jockey in America to ever play John Denver's Country
Roads and it was a WMOV radio in Ravenswood and
he kind of broke some rules this guy did to
put this into It was a great story. If you
haven't heard it, go back and listen to podcast version
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of that that interview that Dave did.
Speaker 3 (46:51):
But somebody texted in about that.
Speaker 5 (46:53):
So twenty years ago, my college age son was in
South Korea for student conference. He was at a local
bar wearing a w sweatshirt. When the local musicians from
South Korea learned it was his birthday and saw a sweatshirt,
they started playing Country Roads and everyone started singing and
said it was great. It's one of those songs that
just become a universal favorite. I mean you to hear
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Country Roads people that have absolutely no ties, like South
Korea for example, to West Virginia, people love the song.
Speaker 3 (47:22):
Tex says.
Speaker 5 (47:23):
Going back to the election, the twenty twenty sixth primary
will be near record low participation levels. The close primary
thing will not be as pronounced as some may believe,
merely because the turnout will be incredibly low.
Speaker 3 (47:34):
Yeah, it's going to be a very low turnouts.
Speaker 5 (47:35):
The text was absolutely right about that, and it traditionally
in West Virginia is if there's not a presidential race,
and this is midterm, so no presidential race.
Speaker 7 (47:45):
Uh.
Speaker 5 (47:48):
On the squirrels, Texas, there used to be so many wonderful,
happy squirrels, not the past year.
Speaker 3 (47:53):
Sad the governor. But now I'm not reading that important.
Speaker 5 (47:58):
Texays, Uh, Dave, how about TJ's commentary this morning? He
sounded like a holier than now physical puritan who lacked
empathy and supports the use of government as a punitive
tool to use against its own citizens. Good thing, No
one in government has used debt relief protections from overborrowing
or being unable or unwilling to pay debt. Oh wait,
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our president is one's Texter. Tex says if only Morrissey
was as worried about our guardsmen in DC as he
was about the squirrels.
Speaker 3 (48:28):
Again, if you're wondering, why in the heck.
Speaker 5 (48:30):
Are they talking about squirrels, well, the story the governor
on X last night did a Uh. There had been
all these rumors going around about a giant squirrel extermination
one of the capital. Steven's looked into it, Brad's looked
into it, Amelia's looked into it. Nobody's been able to
find out anything on this, and the governor took to
X last night to put a comment out about it,
demanding that another news organization or asking I guess that
(48:52):
another news organization address it.
Speaker 3 (48:54):
And uh and so that's that's.
Speaker 5 (48:57):
Where where do they get the facts and whatever? There
doesn't seem to be anything the stories bottom line coming
up later today. I Metro News Midday with thirteen News
and Tonight Live anchor Manda Baron and me It's Wednesday,
which means another wonderful West Virginian will be honored.
Speaker 3 (49:09):
Delicate.
Speaker 5 (49:09):
Clay Riley is going to join us on the show today,
you know, and we hear so much about data centers
and so much of it's negative, but not everyone is
against them, and Delegate Riley was one of those.
Speaker 3 (49:22):
Had a conversation with him last night.
Speaker 5 (49:25):
This has been one that's been one percent on board
with data centers and introduced legislation you know.
Speaker 3 (49:32):
About it.
Speaker 5 (49:32):
So Delegate Riley is going to join us during the
two o'clock hour on the show today. Plus we are
going to spend some more time talking about student loans,
and again TJ.
Speaker 3 (49:43):
Meadows is going.
Speaker 5 (49:44):
To join TJ who may be the worst vacationer ever
because he's on vacation, but he's joined us twice on.
Speaker 3 (49:50):
The show to this week, so he's going to join
us quickly.
Speaker 5 (49:53):
Chris Lawrence will have the news too, Meteoriologist Show Fitzwater
will stop buy and of course Open Line West Virginia
Metro News Midday powered by Selango law with thirteen News
in tonight Live anchor Manda Baron and me coming up
at noon today. I had a text here to the
show and I want to address just real quick, and
it said, continued Prayer's Dave, if you were listening to
the Metro News Midday show yesterday, and I'm a person
that kind of lives my life out in the open.
(50:15):
I talked about this on Metro News Midday yesterday, but
just in case you may have missed it, not trying
to get sympathy or anything like that, just throwing it
out there. I've I got a couple of health issues.
I'm not planning on checking out anytime soon, but I
did how to check up with the doctor and they
were concerned about my my PSA levels, and so I
(50:37):
kind of, you know, didn't do what I should as
far as a follow up appointment, and I went back
for a check and they said, well, guess what, They've
gone up even more.
Speaker 3 (50:44):
So I've started this series of you know.
Speaker 5 (50:46):
Trying to get it, you know, checked out about a
pretty high percentage rate that it probably is is cancer.
And I'm okay with that because just got to start
the treatment or whatever the treatment is.
Speaker 2 (50:58):
Now.
Speaker 5 (50:58):
I go in next Thursday and I will not be
on either show. Next Thursday. I will go in for
a for a BIOPSYE and we'll kind of see where
we are from there.
Speaker 3 (51:08):
But I appreciate I I put it on.
Speaker 5 (51:10):
So I mean it's social media official, as the kids
would say on a couple of times, and did a
post about it Monday. They got a lot of phone
calls and texts and things of that nature and people
well wishers.
Speaker 3 (51:21):
And bottom line is is that it's if it is,
it's very treatable.
Speaker 5 (51:25):
It's very and some I've done a lot of research,
talking to various people, talking to my medical professionals.
Speaker 3 (51:31):
In some cases they don't do anything at all.
Speaker 5 (51:33):
They just monitor it. Other cases they there may be
surgery or radiation, or there may be they're doing this
thing with seeds now which I don't even want to
go there the ability to grow cabbage in places that
I don't want to grow it. But anyway, so may
look into that, may not look into anything at all,
but the but the bottom line is is I'm only
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The only reason I even put it on the air
and on social media to begin with was to tell
people that you got to take care of yourself. And
I have been one that has been very, very guilty
of not doing as much.
Speaker 3 (52:05):
So I Millie Snyder would be proud.
Speaker 5 (52:08):
I've still standaluz a little bit more, but I've lost
about thirty pounds over the last six to eight months
and working on it. As the late great Chris Ria
would say, And those of you that are obscure music
fans know who Chris Raya.
Speaker 3 (52:22):
Is working on it. We got this all right.
Speaker 5 (52:25):
No local show tomorrow or Friday. I'll be back on Monday.
Charleston Mayor Amy Stuler Goodwin in studio to give a
preview of her State of the City address, and also
Dandy Jones will join us on Monday. No Metro News
mid Day to actually Metro News Midday is a best
of show tomorrow. I'll be back flying that show on
solo on Friday, but I'll be back with Amanda later
today at nip till then have fun.
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of you, probably not me since I'm old, but a
lot of people will be going out. I can promise
you I'm not going out anywhere as a matter of fact,
but it's a tradition New Year's Eve to go out.
Miss I may imbibe a little too much and drink
and drive. Never a good idea, especially considering we've got
more snow coming up today. I would to talk with
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I'll I'll bore you with it a little bit later
on in this show. But I'm back today, but not
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Speaker 3 (02:51):
We'll return on Monday. We'll be back later today with
Metro News Midday though. All right, So the final day
of the years.
Speaker 6 (02:55):
Here.
Speaker 5 (02:56):
Time to look back, as many people do at this
time of year, but we want to look ahead and
we got breaking news I think to get to as well.
I want to welcome to the show this morning, Metro News.
Brad Michael Honey, Brad, Good morning, sir.
Speaker 7 (03:10):
Oh hi, good morning and hello to a.
Speaker 3 (03:16):
Whaling.
Speaker 7 (03:17):
Yeah you're in studio guest.
Speaker 3 (03:19):
Yes, Whaling and Grady. The cat's Amelia.
Speaker 5 (03:21):
If you don't know, Brad, it's a tradition Steve and
Brad always gives a big shout out to my cats.
Speaker 3 (03:26):
Whaling and Grady. Who are well. I wonder what they're doing. Oh,
they're sleeping.
Speaker 5 (03:30):
That's what they're doing right now, because they're house cats
and that's what they do.
Speaker 3 (03:33):
But Brad, thank you for joining us.
Speaker 5 (03:34):
Amelia nicely from West Virginia watches here. Good morning, dear,
How are you good morning? How are you doing your voice?
It's not good.
Speaker 8 (03:42):
It's not I promise this is not from yelling at
my children. We've had a wonderful break. I'm just getting
over a cold. But thanks for having that.
Speaker 9 (03:49):
You're good right, I'm great.
Speaker 3 (03:51):
A love of that going around. Steven Allen Adams, how
you do it man.
Speaker 10 (03:53):
I'm feeling great, man, I'm feeling squirrely.
Speaker 9 (03:55):
I'm ready to go.
Speaker 5 (03:56):
We could only hope many people would that Stephen and
Dave would would lose their voice. Right, that's only the hope.
Speaker 10 (04:01):
Ah, people pray for it all the time. But I
don't know if I ever have lost my voice.
Speaker 5 (04:06):
I frequently do, and it's usually like a sinus infection
type thing. When it got me, I just lose my voice.
I feel like you, Meil, Yeah, I feel fine, no
fever or whatever. But I have to tag somebody in,
you know, from time to time. All right, Brad, I
came downstairs this morning and walked into.
Speaker 3 (04:21):
The green room.
Speaker 5 (04:22):
Stephen and Amelia in there, and they hit me with
this story, this breaking story. As we are closing twenty
twenty five, have you heard the news of you? And
I said I I did not. So I'm going to
give an opportunity for one of them, either one of you.
This show has no format whatsoever this morning. Either one
of you to jump in, and Brad, you can weigh
in and I'll bring it up in the rear.
Speaker 2 (04:43):
But what.
Speaker 3 (04:45):
Have you got? Not a funny joke in my current
medical condition?
Speaker 11 (04:52):
All right?
Speaker 3 (04:53):
All right, all right, all right, Brad, go ahead, I
mean Stephen go ahead.
Speaker 9 (04:56):
Sure.
Speaker 10 (04:57):
So our Governor Patrick Morrisey tweeted this at twelve o
one am early this morning. Quote I want This was
in response to a Mountain State Spotlight tweet looking back
at some of their stories from twenty twenty five, but quote,
I want to see your stories about the squirrel extermination
program where you wasted massive taxpayer resources trying to chase
(05:21):
false rumors. Mountain State Spotlight, please address unquote. So this
is addressing a I hate to even bring it up
because we've all looked into this and it's nonsense. But
like the governor sort opened himself up for this one.
There had been rumors about employees at the state capital
(05:44):
Complex disposing of an exterminating some of the squirrel population
on Capitol grounds, the beloved squirrel population in the Capitol grounds.
Speculate about some of the reasons. There's some funny stories
out there. Ultimately turned out not to be true. But
there are some reporters who I believe a file Freedom
of Information after request trying to get some additional information
(06:06):
about this. So far, it's been kind of relegated within
the world of capital dwellers. But but now it's sort
of out there now because the governor tweeted it out
and sell.
Speaker 9 (06:19):
But yeah, it's a it's very squirrely.
Speaker 3 (06:22):
Okay, Well I had heard this.
Speaker 5 (06:24):
We've had text from time to time about you know,
in any time we've had the governor on people, you know,
and they text in a variety of things. And that's
to be understand no matter who the governor is. And
somebody had texted a couple of times, ask about the squirrels,
Ask about the squirrel Brad, what do you know about
this story?
Speaker 7 (06:41):
If it's news, it's news to me. Uh So, the
squirrels at the Capitol are in great supply and they
probably could use a predator. You know, I'm a little
curious about the squirrels. A but be whatever massive massive
was the word tex tax payer dollars. I'd like that
(07:04):
to be further defined, Amelia.
Speaker 12 (07:07):
I mean I heard these rumors as well.
Speaker 8 (07:09):
At one point someone told me there were buckets of
deceased squirrels somewhere in the Capitol.
Speaker 12 (07:14):
But yeah, I agree with that.
Speaker 3 (07:16):
It wasn't the cafeteria. Although squirrels are delicious, is good.
I've eaten squirrel Yeah, that's very good.
Speaker 12 (07:22):
I'm not even really a meat eater and squirrel gravy.
Speaker 9 (07:24):
It's good.
Speaker 8 (07:25):
But yeah, I would like to know more about the
massive resources because we deal with foyas all the time
and yeah, it's typically not uh And let's just say
in other branches of government responding to foyas doesn't seem
to be a massive overhaul.
Speaker 10 (07:40):
All I'm saying is during Halloween there was this decoration
on the back gay of the Governor's match, and that
was just a bunch of little many skeletons were back
back there and like on a string, and there was
some specator.
Speaker 3 (07:54):
No, we're not We're not implying that the governor would
do that.
Speaker 10 (07:56):
Now you have looked, I have looked into this. I've
asked a few pe people. Look squirrels down with Capitol grounds.
There are hawks that kill the squirrels, there's other reasons
that squirrels can die on the grounds or whatnot. General
services are the ones that usually have to go around
pick them up and whatnot. I think everything has led
me to where maybe somebody else may do that and
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spread a rumor that sort of thing. Are there too
many squirrels on the Capitol grounds. I don't know, I
mean maybe, but I mean.
Speaker 12 (08:26):
One did jump in my backpack once. That's a real story.
Speaker 10 (08:29):
Yeah, it dropped the dead squirrel in front of my
wife Jessica one time I do on Capitol Grounds.
Speaker 3 (08:34):
It was a gift.
Speaker 9 (08:35):
Yeah, it was a gift.
Speaker 3 (08:36):
It was a gift.
Speaker 5 (08:37):
All right, So we'll we'll just file this under a
non story. But again, you know, it probably is now
become a little bit more of a story that what
wouldn't have been Stephen because of the of the expost.
Speaker 10 (08:48):
Yeah, I mean, it's why everyone should be like me
and being bed by ten.
Speaker 8 (08:53):
I know. I actually saw it at midnight because I
was up watching reality TV and I was like, oh,
I can't text Steven and Brad because they go to
bed normal hours like adult.
Speaker 5 (09:02):
Yeah, all right, we'll just move on from there. Brand
uh what and again, uh, we'll have more information as
it becomes available, as we say, as we.
Speaker 3 (09:10):
Say in the business, not from us.
Speaker 12 (09:11):
I'm not looking anymore.
Speaker 5 (09:14):
Don't even get started talking about the China, because I
get somebody that texted you all the time that wants
me to ask the governor about the China at the
at the governor.
Speaker 3 (09:20):
Look, I will say this, Uh.
Speaker 5 (09:23):
One of the and I'm not trying to, you know,
be in any way, shape or form, you know, mean
hearted or whatever. I am happy that we have a
governor and a first Lady that are at the Governor's
Mansion as the constitution requires, and they seem like they
have really really taken to it and doing all the
decorating and doing all the things. They're not just a
Christmas but year around. So to me, that's refreshing to see.
Speaker 10 (09:45):
Bringing in the tourists, I think, especially for Christmas was
especially nice. It's the hundredth Most people don't stop to
realize this. It's the one hundredth anniversary.
Speaker 11 (09:53):
Uh.
Speaker 10 (09:54):
This year was of the Governor's mansion from when it
was completed.
Speaker 9 (09:58):
Uh.
Speaker 10 (09:58):
And I know that, and I've talked to a few
people and the governor's staff. They're all about trying to
kind of highlight the mansion and showcase. It's one of
the reasons they did the tours here during the Christmas season.
And it's a beautiful place. If you've never been in it,
I take the tour.
Speaker 5 (10:13):
Yeah, Brad in your opinion, and we'll kind of go
in this direction right now. Biggest one or two stories
that had the most impact in West Virginian in twenty
twenty five.
Speaker 7 (10:26):
No, man, well, you know this is the tragedy involved.
This is going to be a bummer. But I certainly
think that it's the deployment of the West Virginian National
Guard to Washington, d C. Which was a major story
in itself, but it became about much more so with
the shootings of Sarah Bestrom and Andrew Wolfe. Bextrom of
(10:47):
course died on Thanksgiving Day, bringing that tragedy to a head.
I mean pointing for so many West Virginians who know
people much like her. She was a twenty twenty three
high school graduate, had her full life to live, and
you know you saw a community outpouring in response to
(11:07):
her death. Just just a senseless tragedy. And then Andrew
wolf also shot the day before Thanksgiving near the Farragut
West metro stop in Washington, d C. And you know
that's a tragedy too. He appears to be recovery, which
(11:28):
which warms the heart, but it's it's hard to think
that his life or his families will ever be the same.
And what so I mean to me that that was
a major story of twenty twenty five here in the
last weeks since Thanksgiving, and anyway, apologies to everyone for
(11:48):
being such a bummer, but I think.
Speaker 5 (11:50):
No, and that's I mean, that's a there's no wrong answer.
I mean, I asked for people to kind of weigh
in on what they saw.
Speaker 3 (11:55):
Amelia.
Speaker 12 (11:57):
I was going to say that one because leading.
Speaker 3 (11:59):
Let's just all agree on that, that was the story.
Stephen Okay, oh for sure, National Guard in general.
Speaker 8 (12:03):
Yeah, yeah, And I was going to say adding to that,
I mean it obviously Thanksgiving, it took a turn in
a very sad way, but there were a lot of
legal questions about it leading up to that too. Something
else that stands up to me this year is all
the school closures. Yes, and those are some of our
most read stories at West Virginia Watch. So you know,
it's not just here in Kenall County. It's all over
(12:23):
the state and in some of these rural counties. I mean,
I have Clay County looking at losing their only middle
school for the whole county. It's going to consolidate with
her high school. You have school, you have so many
elementary schools closing, and so I think just our declining
population other factors have played into that, and I think
while those may not be the stories you see above
the fold every day, those are the stories I think
(12:45):
communities are really grappling with this year.
Speaker 6 (12:48):
Well.
Speaker 10 (12:48):
I feel like the religious vaccine exemption issue has literally
been with us since beginning of twenty twenty five on,
literally from the day after Governor Morrissey took office, because
he does other executive order allowing for religious exemptions to
the school compulsory vaccine law for school aged children. Then
the legislative session happens, we have the governor's build codify that.
(13:10):
Of course it dies in the House. Then we have
the fight between the Governor and the State Board of
Education on the policies regarding that. Then we have the
lawsuit filed in Rowley County. We have the preliminary exemption
of the preliminary you know, stopping of this sort of thing.
You've got the permanent injunction, and now it's before the
(13:32):
State Supreme Court, and we're not even gonna get this
thing settled until probably the middle of twenty twenty six.
Speaker 9 (13:36):
So it's been with.
Speaker 10 (13:37):
Us all year long and really kind of sucking up
a lot of the oxygen.
Speaker 5 (13:41):
Yeah, we have and I definitely want to get into
an area that you specialize in.
Speaker 3 (13:46):
Amelia.
Speaker 5 (13:47):
Well, you write a lot about it, I'll say, because
you specialize in a lot of different areas and that's
the that's the foster care situations.
Speaker 3 (13:51):
We'll get in a little bit of it.
Speaker 5 (13:52):
So we're going to take a break. Brad, can you
stick around with us? Or are are you off to
other duties?
Speaker 7 (13:59):
The only other duty I have so far as I
am again reviewing the year with Dave Wilson.
Speaker 5 (14:03):
Okay, all right, all right, so you're you're good to
stick through the break? Is that what you're saying? So, Brad, Brad,
are you okay to stay through the break with us? Okay,
Well we may have lost Brad. All right, Well we'll
keep the efforting Brad. We'll find out the answer to
that question. Maybe the squirrel's got him. All right, we'll
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I'm brad that mclhenney is here as well. I need
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to pass this along to you. A traffic note of
I seventy seven was shut down in Kanawa County this
morning because of slick road conditions. Multiple crashes reported there
rex reported from mile marker one eleven to one thirteen
according to Metro, nine to one one according to deputies,
Two vehicles wrecked in a hillside, one structor guard rail,
and a rollover crash was reported. The deputies told WCCHS
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television no relation that the Division of Highways has been
called to address road conditions not immediately known if travelers
had been injured. They've not provided a timeline for when
the interstate will open.
Speaker 3 (17:30):
That's where we are right.
Speaker 5 (17:31):
Now, and again, not a lot of snow out there
at all. I mean even at dusting a little bit
worse where I live in Putnam County than what it
was when I got into Charleston, But there is. Any
of the traffic folks will tell you there are more
accidents when there is a half an inch of snow
than when there are ten inches of snow because people
just don't think about it and they just don't slow down.
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So that's an area outside as system bill this morning,
Amelia Nicely from West Virginia, watch Steven Allen Adams from
Ogden Newspapers. Brad mcilhanney is here, as we think, Brad.
Speaker 3 (18:00):
Are you still with us?
Speaker 13 (18:02):
Oh?
Speaker 7 (18:02):
Hi, I believe I am.
Speaker 3 (18:04):
Okay, all right.
Speaker 5 (18:05):
We had a question that somebody called in and we
didn't put him on the air, but they had a question.
Maybe one of you all can answer this. Do we
have any updates on Andrew Wolfe's condition? If you guys
heard anything in a while, Amelia, Stephen, I'll let Ameli
I'll start with you. Any any updates that.
Speaker 3 (18:19):
We've heard lately, not lately.
Speaker 8 (18:21):
I feel like a week ago I saw another encouraging
post from his family.
Speaker 3 (18:25):
Yeah. Yeah, the governor I think talked about it. Brad,
do you have anything to update.
Speaker 7 (18:32):
You know now and then the adjutant General Jim Seward
provides an update about Wolfe's condition, as does sometimes his
mother on social media, and I think all have been
positive signs. I mean, he's still in I think really
serious shape, has a long word ahead of him, but
(18:53):
it sounds like is continuing his recovery in physical rehabilitation's Stephen.
Speaker 10 (19:01):
I think the most recent update was posted yesterday by
General Seward specific prayer requests for Andy. Priest joined me
in praying for Andy while he's engaged in intensive rehab
six hours a day, specifically for his speech and cognitive ability.
So it looks to me like he is just on
the rehabilitate rehabilitation train. Obviously long ways to go, but
(19:27):
it does sound like there's improvement with every day, so
that's wonderful to hear.
Speaker 5 (19:32):
All right, guys, Speaker Handshaw had the Republican Caucus of
the House, you know, not long ago, they had two
three weeks ago, had a press conference over they were saying,
we are going to focus, uh, not so much on
social issues, but on business issues.
Speaker 7 (19:46):
Now.
Speaker 5 (19:46):
It's not to say that things can't come up, because
things do. But you know the House, and this was
not the Senate.
Speaker 3 (19:50):
This was the House.
Speaker 5 (19:51):
We are focused on business, commerce, you know, all the things.
Likelihood is we cross into the new year in a
couple of weeks we begin session. Likelihood that that continues.
Brad will start with you, Well.
Speaker 7 (20:05):
You know, I think one indicator has been the Governor
Patrick Morrissey a couple of times has had press conferences
emphasizing economic matters. I think it was a good idea
by the House Speaker and the entire FUCUS to set
a goal and to work toward it as the session begins,
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rather than just having things unstated. I think you're more
likely to actually focus and then you know, we've heard
I think very little from the Senate so far. You
do have to get things through two chambers, so it's
hard to tell when we finally hit the session what
the emphasis truly will be.
Speaker 10 (20:44):
Yeah, we have the Lee Western jam Press Association has
its Legislative look Ahead a week from Friday this Friday,
where we'll hear from the House Speaker Hanshaw and Senate
President Randy Smith, so we should get more of a
view from the Senate side of things, hopefully where their
heads are at what they plan to do. But yeah,
(21:04):
I do think that the message has been received. There's
been pulling that the Chamber of Commerce has done, other
groups have done. People are interested in better economic conditions,
or interested more jobs, or interested I kind of hate
the use of this buzz word now, but but but
(21:25):
I mean, but it's true though, I mean, affordability is
a broad phrase. But people are interested in those types
of issues. And sure there will be some that tried
to push some social issues. I think State Cenator my
Cage Singers is going to probably bold across to every
school in the state by the time the legislative session's done.
But otherwise, I do think the focus is primarily going
to be on improving economic conditions.
Speaker 12 (21:48):
I agree, I don't think.
Speaker 8 (21:50):
I do think the House will have that focus because
you look at who's in some of the leadership positions
in the House, like Delegate jb Acres, even Delegate Warrel
who's over the House Health Committee. They aren't usually pushing
social issues, even if they might agree with some of
those things. So I don't think the House is really
going to stray from that. I mean, you never know,
it's an election, Ye're right, But I think it's what
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happens after those bills leave that chamber.
Speaker 12 (22:12):
Yeah, I mean there was not the best.
Speaker 8 (22:15):
Vibes between the Senate and House last year, or the
Legislature and the governor, and so I think it just
it's more going to be what happens when that bill
leaves the House and how does it go.
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Speaker 3 (22:36):
Menumeil, y'all want to start with you on.
Speaker 5 (22:38):
The foster care situation. And unfortunately, you know, just like
there's two things foster care Peia and they kind of
they seem to be side by side A and B
or should I say six seven? I mean, don't please, don't.
Speaker 3 (22:52):
I have no idea.
Speaker 5 (22:53):
Every now and then I throw something out that makes
Ryan just scratch his head, you know, but these two things,
it seems like this time last year we probably sat
here and said what about foster care and PI.
Speaker 3 (23:09):
Take it from there.
Speaker 8 (23:10):
I mean, so I think coming into this session, what
is a little bit different is that you have a
governor who has vowed changes to the foster care system.
And that's not to say that Governor Justice didn't want
those things or didn't bring them up, but Governor Morrissey
has held now two press conferences specifically calling for foster
care reform. He just rolled out a plan to bring
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about three hundred kids from out of state back in
state who are in facilities.
Speaker 12 (23:34):
We haven't really seen.
Speaker 8 (23:35):
That focus from a governor, you know, in the last
few years. Then you have a group of lawmakers who
have already introduced close to fifteen bills about foster care.
So we're heading into the session, I think with a
very strong focus on this issue. I think the question
marks moving forward are money. A lot of these ideas
take money. This is not a legislature that has been
(23:56):
a fan of spending extra money. Lawmakers are hoping that
they can draw down some federal dollars to fix problems
like CPS not enough CPS workers, or their caseloads are
too high, or they want to put body cameras on
CPS workers. Right, They have all these ideas, so I
think that's something to move forward. And then also the
Department of Human Services has to buy into the legislation,
and I've already been told they're not a fan of
(24:18):
most of these bills. And to be fair, sometimes lawmakers
don't always know how to fix foster care right. But
also there has to be collaboration between the branches for
things to really work, not blame, not shoving it aside,
not saying we'll fix that, don't worry about it, and
then they don't.
Speaker 12 (24:34):
So I think that's going to be the.
Speaker 10 (24:35):
Thing to PIA specifically. I think whatever they end up
doing with PIA, if they do anything, I'm convinced that
they may not do anything. But if they do anything,
I think they'll make some tweaks, maybe to the spousal
search art issue, because that's obviously going up. It has
to go up because state code requires it to go
(24:56):
up and change based on certain set of metrics whatnot.
And the only way you can change that is the
legislature going in and tweaking that. I could see them
freezing that or someone trying to offer legislation to maybe
freeze that to keep it from going up for one
more year. But beyond that, I think whatever they do
is going to be around the edges.
Speaker 5 (25:15):
Well, and one thing on the show last week, guys,
I had Delegate Andy Shamblin on, and he's in a
unique position because he's not only a legislator, but he's
also a teacher, a teacher at Nighter High School. And
of course they just went through that tragedy there when
the student took his own life. That students' parents have
gone public and said, you know, to try to warn
other parents about these science and things of that nature.
(25:35):
And I think the term we talked about terms at
this time of year, it's a relatively new term the last.
Speaker 3 (25:41):
Couple of years, sextortion.
Speaker 5 (25:43):
This story has gotten nationwide attention because unfortunately, not only
happens here, and this kind of happens all over the world.
Speaker 3 (25:51):
Any possibility because.
Speaker 5 (25:53):
Andy Shamlin, who is a teacher and a legislator, seemed
to be on the show last week very very adamant, guys,
that we're going to take a look at something here,
a code change or something.
Speaker 3 (26:02):
Brad, do you have anything on that.
Speaker 7 (26:06):
No, I mean, I think it's hard in the right place,
you know. To me, what is necessary is for kids
who are going through something like that to feel comfortable
revealing it to their parents or to the police or whoever.
And that's it's a big ask because you know it
works on embarrassment and humiliation.
Speaker 8 (26:29):
Senator Chapman, who's over the Senate Health Committee, also has
a focus on this issue.
Speaker 12 (26:34):
So I think this is one bill where we could see.
Speaker 8 (26:36):
I think companion bills in the House and Senate move forward,
so I do think this is an issue we'll see.
Speaker 10 (26:41):
I'd also point out the Delegate Chamblain Courses also on
the House Judiciary Committee as well. Liked delegate has good
relationship with with Chairman Acres, so I'd say this has
some real shoulders behind it to make it happen.
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Speaker 3 (27:06):
Now let's talk about it. You mentioned it. Twenty twenty
six is an election year.
Speaker 5 (27:09):
I had State Democratic Party chair in deligate Mike Pushkin
on the Metro News midday program yesterday, and he had
told me he had been all of the state and
on the phone and on the zoom machine, you know,
talking with prospective candidates about running that had The Democrats
are very very serious. They see some inroads in West Virginia,
mainly because of what some would say would be some
infighting among Republicans. I think it's pretty ambitious. As much
(27:33):
as I like Mike Pushkin personally, I think it's very
ambitious to think that he'll be able to put somebody
in all those positions run and that they'll have a
legitimate shot at running. But let's talk about the Republicans
for a moment. We've had more and more people in
some very strong Republican areas on the come out said
(27:54):
they're going to run in the primary against other Republicans.
Now that wasn't it was that way with Democrats, but
always wasn't always that way with Republicans. Is that in
any of you, Guessteve, I'll start with you. Is is
that a sign that there's issues or is that a
sign that we're the controlling party and everybody wants a
piece of it and then we're doing well well.
Speaker 10 (28:12):
I do think it is a sign that there are
some fractures within the Republican Party in the state and
Republican elected officials. I liking that the light red versus
dark red. Light red being who you would consider to
be your traditional Republicans pre Donald Trump Chamber of Commerce
style Republicans that are into certain social issues but on
(28:34):
the fringes, on the edges. But then you've got the
dark red, which are going to be more of the
far right, new right maga right types that are going
to take a harder stance and are going to be
kind of liberal on some issues that traditionally Republicans aren't
really on, like, for example, like tort reform and stuff
like that, and doing some issue trying to pull out
(28:57):
some of those tort reform issues. So I think you're
seeing that fight play out. A lot of the candidates
that they recruited, especially in the Senate on the Republican side,
are meant to take on some of the more conservative
members that have kind of come the leadership positions in
that body. So that's the fight I think you're seeing.
Speaker 7 (29:16):
Well, yeah, I mean, I think what we've seen for
the last five years or so, maybe longer has been
has been conflicts among the supermajorities themselves. You know what
kind of what brand of Republican are you? And it's
it's been more that than than fights between Republicans and Democrats.
(29:38):
And I mean until Democrats make more inroads, that's that's
going to continue. And it's reflected in the closed primaries
that Republicans are about to embark on. You know, that's
that's a sign that the in fighting, I think, and.
Speaker 5 (29:53):
The Republicans last year at their convention, guys, they came
out and they closed Brad alude to they closed primary.
So if you're a registered independent, you know, used to
go in be able to go in and say I
want to I'm a registered independent, but I want a
Republican or I want a Democrat.
Speaker 8 (30:09):
Bow.
Speaker 5 (30:09):
The Republicans have said no to that. Their argument that
got this, the people that got this passed. Their argument was,
if you're a Republican, then you should register as a Republican.
If you're a Democrat, you should register as a Democrat.
I said that, I think that's going to hurt the Republicans.
Some people agree, some people don't agree. I think that
the Democratic Party is and Pushkin and others have come
out and said, look, you they this is their imaging.
(30:32):
This is not what I'm saying. Their imaging has been Look,
they don't want you. You're welcome to to come over
to us. Do you think there'll be any impact come
the primary election.
Speaker 3 (30:41):
Amelia, I do.
Speaker 8 (30:42):
I mean, I don't know that I have a really
good prediction, but I do think we'll see an impact
on it, especially with this infighting with the Republicans. I
think if this had been done a few years ago,
maybe it wouldn't have mattered that much. But now with
this fracture that's really visible in the party, I think
it'll be interesting. We also have a new voter ID
law going into effect before this next election, where you
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have to have what a driver's a government ID.
Speaker 9 (31:08):
And we were one photo idea.
Speaker 8 (31:10):
Yeah yeah, and so now like your Medicaid card and
some other forms of ID that maybe elderly voters which
were a very elderly state would have used to vote,
are not going to work. And we were told on
the House floor that that, you know, these county clerks
can print these new IDs.
Speaker 12 (31:27):
I would like to verify that's actually something I want
to work on.
Speaker 5 (31:29):
I can tell you, I can tell you I'll go
a little inside Baseball Here full disclosure. Steve and I
both will spent time in a Secretary of State's office.
I can tell you when the vote. The voter ID
law went into effect in twenty eighteen. The first time
it was used was in the Roads to Prosperity election. Yeah,
you could at that time go to your county clerk's
office and you could request a free photo ID because
(31:50):
I know, because some of us had to go on
the road and and put those cameras out there, and
they were absolutely free at that point. Very few people
we took them up on it, very few people. Most
people that came into the county clerk's office said well,
I just want another photo ID, and then they had
to explain to him, well, this is only for voting.
This is not going to get you your ability to
(32:10):
get a hotel room or sorry.
Speaker 2 (32:11):
Right.
Speaker 8 (32:12):
And I had seen a news story, I think in
Hancock County months ago that they got a grant to
get the machine to make these voto ideas. So it
got me thinking like, well who else needs a grant
to get those?
Speaker 2 (32:20):
Right?
Speaker 12 (32:21):
So anyway, I just I'm not saying that I'll have
a massive effect, but I.
Speaker 8 (32:24):
Think the closed primary the voter, right, like, there's some
things that play in this election that'll be interesting.
Speaker 3 (32:28):
So even you want to follow up on that.
Speaker 10 (32:29):
Yeah, I think she's right, and I think look, I mean,
Trump nationwide is not popular, but he remains popular in West.
Speaker 3 (32:37):
Virginia, and zero signed that that's changing in West Virginia.
Speaker 10 (32:40):
Not no change of that in the state of West Virginia.
But do I think, particularly you're more urban parts of
the state that Democrats can take maybe one or two
House seats, maybe take a Senate seat, perhaps up in
the Montegalia Marion County corridor.
Speaker 9 (32:56):
I think it's possible.
Speaker 10 (32:57):
I think you might see a few Democratic pickups, not
a lot, not enough to break up the super majority
and the Republicans, but enough the where it might make
somebody raise a few eyebrows.
Speaker 12 (33:07):
I think that's this election.
Speaker 8 (33:08):
A Democrat candidate described it to me as a lightning
and a bottle moment, and I would agree with that.
Speaker 12 (33:13):
Yeah, there's no Trump on the ticket or a JD.
Speaker 8 (33:16):
Vans, I think, and people are very frustrated with national politics,
local politics.
Speaker 12 (33:21):
Why can I not afford my grocery bill?
Speaker 8 (33:23):
And so those things along with this closed primary, all
these things might play in Temacris well.
Speaker 5 (33:28):
And I'll kind of close with this and Brad, I'll
give you an opportunity to wag in this as well.
In talking to Pushkin on the mid Day Show yesterday,
I said, you know, as a marketing from a marketing perspective,
to go in and convince somebody who may be very
very strong in their beliefs, you know that I'm a
Democrat and I want to run. What they're going to
do when they go into some of these areas and
(33:49):
they knock on doors and a lot of questions because
I've been there, I've seen it, a lot of questions
are going to be Okay, you're a registered Democrat, how
do you feel about Trump?
Speaker 3 (33:57):
And when you.
Speaker 5 (33:58):
Go into some of these hollers and West Virginia, as
soon as you say, well, I'm not really a door
slams because that's where West Virginia is right now, and
it's it's rough. And push Can admitted that on show
it's going to be rough to try to convince people
to run. Although he says they're doing a good job
and I believe him on that, but to to you know,
get that image that because all politics has become national
(34:19):
over the last couple of years to say, I am
a old school West Virginia Republican. And then they start
throwing out the turns Biden, Pelosi, Kamala Harris, so on
and so forth.
Speaker 3 (34:28):
Brad, your thoughts on that, and we'll and then and
then we'll let you go. How's that? And and I've
got other things to get to as well.
Speaker 7 (34:35):
Well. You know, I would say the most important election
this spring in West Virginia is actually non partisan. There
are two seats up on the state Supreme Court. That
has been a move to try to make those partisan races.
But they are non partisan for now, two out of
the five justices, and they have important things ahead of
them this year. So if that's not on your radar, listeners,
(34:57):
I really think it should be.
Speaker 9 (34:58):
It should be.
Speaker 3 (34:58):
You're absolutely right. We'll close with that. Brad.
Speaker 5 (35:01):
Thank you so much, and I hope you and the
family have a very very happy New Year.
Speaker 3 (35:04):
Thanks for joining us.
Speaker 5 (35:05):
I know you're gonna be on talk line with Wilson
later today, So thank you, my friend as always, and
we'll be talking to you in the new year.
Speaker 7 (35:12):
Thanks and hello to Grady and Wheland. Happy New York.
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Well, and that's good thing.
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Speaker 5 (35:38):
I was going to say, I will I will give
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because the circus is back in town, as they say.
But the circus is back in town, but with not
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It is New Year's Eve, though a lot of people
are going to be out celebrating, some of us on
our couches, checking out about ten and hopefully waking up
town to see the ball drop at midnight. But others
are going to go out and sadly many will try
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to drive home after they've had a few too many
and with the projected snowfall tonight, just all around never
a good idea of but especially when you add a
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Speaker 3 (39:11):
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Speaker 5 (39:14):
First of all, I talked earlier about this traffic situation
on I seventy seven around Cistonville, and I know that
when you leave here, I think you're gonna go and
try to help those guys out up there. There's slick
conditions out there this morning. Not a lot of snow,
but there's slick conditions out there, and you guys are
on it.
Speaker 6 (39:28):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (39:29):
I've been in contact with the news all morning, and
I've actually lost count of the number of recks we've
actually had where we have deputies working accidents with accidents
happening right beside them. Yeah, so it's pretty bad up there.
They have I believe the south Found lane shut down
right now. Yeah, just wait on DH show up and
salt the roads.
Speaker 5 (39:43):
Yeah, it's gonna get better a little bit later on
to the day because we're gonna get a little sunshine
actually warm up to around four thirty seven forty degrees
wearing in general neighborhood. All right, it should be a
no brainer, you know, to tell people don't drink and drive,
but people do it, and they do it, not just
on New Year's Eve, they do it year round. But
adding to the fact tonight we are going to have
some snow roll in they say after night or ten
ocloss couldn't make it even worse. Your advice to people
(40:04):
if they're heading out tonight, First.
Speaker 4 (40:07):
And foremost, we want you to have fun, go out
and enjoy New Year's Eve, celebrate, hang out with your friends.
But we want you to be responsible. We want you
to be safe, and more importantly, we just want to
make sure you're not drinking and driving.
Speaker 5 (40:18):
And what about do you have extra patrols out tonight
or I mean, here's the thing. Anytime I talk to
anybody from the Kenaw County Sheriff's apart, but I mean,
Connaw County is a big old county. I mean it's
really it really is huge. And uh, but you're bringing
an extra patrol.
Speaker 4 (40:32):
So yeah, we're gonna put six additional deputies out this evening.
And the whole reason for them being out is to
target impair driving, right.
Speaker 5 (40:40):
And what I mean I don't want to give away
trade secrets here, but I mean, what as a police officer,
how do I mean do you do you there's signs
obviously that you look for, but you know, you know,
you're veering from lane to lane something like that. Officer,
what are you looking at.
Speaker 4 (40:57):
When you're impaired. You have a hard time first and
foremost keeping your car. You've heard between the lines, that's
when you're going over the center line, going over the
white line on your right. You have people that drive
the wrong speed limit. They'll drive twenty miles slower they
probably should be, or twenty miles faster. So there's a
lot of things that factor into that. But we do
our traffic stop. We go and talk to the driver.
We look for certain signs. We look for, you know,
(41:18):
the odor of alcohol. We look at your bloodshot eyes,
and if those symptoms are there, then we I show
a step out and do a few field.
Speaker 5 (41:24):
Spready, if you are, and I'm not trying to give
away you know, if this is how you get by
with it, that's not what I'm trying to do at all.
Speaker 3 (41:30):
Don't don't read me wrong. But if you are.
Speaker 5 (41:32):
If someone who's had a few drinks at a New
Year's Eve party or any time and they get pulled over,
is it better to just say Okay, I made a
mistake here.
Speaker 3 (41:42):
I mean, it's always better to be honest yeah, front
with the officer.
Speaker 4 (41:46):
But when it comes to New Year's Eve and it
comes to impaired driving, we don't show any tolerance. Right,
if you're impaired and you're putting other people's lives in danger,
you're going up in handcuffs.
Speaker 5 (41:55):
Heis well, and it's not just about you. And sometimes,
you know, you could see situations where someone is you
may think that you're okay. Well, what if somebody that
is sober crashes into you and and you're intoxic, you
can still be charged. I mean even though you weren't
necessarily the person that caused the accident.
Speaker 4 (42:13):
You cannot operate a motor vehicle compaired whatsoever. So whether
you're a cause for the accident or not, if you're
involved in that, it looks like it's your fault.
Speaker 3 (42:21):
Yeah, absolutely, one hundred pent.
Speaker 5 (42:22):
Bottom line is is you know, as you said, sergeant
and you were talking with Sergeant Sergeant jam By Burns
the Kana County Sheriff's Department, if you want to go
out and have fun, if you are going to have
a few or one even get a designated driver, put
a diet coke in somebody's hand, or a water or whatever,
and and.
Speaker 3 (42:39):
Just and don't take that.
Speaker 5 (42:40):
And there's too many options out there now, you know,
than what there were fifteen twenty years ago, because you know,
everybody's got Lyft and Uber and things of that nature,
so there's there's just so many options out there.
Speaker 4 (42:50):
Yeah, if you plan on going out this evening, go
ahead and download your Uber app. Go ahead and download lyfts,
set up your accounts, get the app ready, and if
you feel like you've had too much this evening, call
that Uber.
Speaker 5 (42:59):
To And sometimes there will be those people that it
sneaks up on you. You're to kind of go I
thought it was okay, but I'm not. Now, don't take
the chance. I mean, if you have a question, even
if you don't, just just simply don't take the chance.
And it puts if you go out to a bar
type setting or some sort of a party, We've seen
cases sometimes when even even the people that are serving
them could be charged. So you know, just the bottom
(43:21):
line is just just be safe or just stay home.
Speaker 3 (43:23):
And you could also do that as well.
Speaker 4 (43:25):
Yes, say it home is definitely the safest idea, but
just know your limits. You know, know how much you
can have and when you feel like you're hitting that stop.
Sober up for a while before you go out and drive.
Speaker 5 (43:35):
All right, Stars Jeremy Burns, Kennaugh County Sheriff's Apartment. Be
careful out there yourself, and also on that situation where
the roads will kind of slick up on seventy seven
around Systemville.
Speaker 3 (43:43):
Appreciate you being here. Thanks so much for having me.
Speaker 5 (43:45):
It's a nine p fifty. We'll take a break and
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Lely Pigly Wiggly Hotline three zero four three four five
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four nine three five five zero zero AA. We do
have a couple of texts I want to get to,
and there were a couple actually that came in.
Speaker 3 (46:07):
One of these.
Speaker 5 (46:08):
Sometimes I think people get the text lines mixed up.
We have two different text lines for this show and
Metro News Midday. This text line Curtisy with Tony the
Taylor's three zero four nine three five five zero zero eight,
So just keep that in mind. Different text line though
available for the Metro News Midday show. So sometimes texts
come to this show and I don't get them because
they were meant for the other show based on the time.
(46:28):
But we were talking on Metro News Midday the other
day had Dave Wilson on, who actually interviewed the first
disc jockey in America to ever play John Denver's Country
Roads and it was a WMOV radio in Ravenswood and
he kind of broke some rules this guy did to
put this into It was a great story. If you
haven't heard it, go back and listen to podcast version
(46:49):
of that that interview that Dave did.
Speaker 3 (46:51):
But somebody texted in about that.
Speaker 5 (46:53):
So twenty years ago, my college age son was in
South Korea for student conference. He was at a local
bar wearing a w sweatshirt. When the local musicians from
South Korea learned it was his birthday and saw a sweatshirt,
they started playing Country Roads and everyone started singing and
said it was great. It's one of those songs that
just become a universal favorite. I mean you to hear
(47:15):
Country Roads people that have absolutely no ties, like South
Korea for example, to West Virginia, people love the song.
Speaker 3 (47:22):
Tex says.
Speaker 5 (47:23):
Going back to the election, the twenty twenty sixth primary
will be near record low participation levels. The close primary
thing will not be as pronounced as some may believe,
merely because the turnout will be incredibly low.
Speaker 3 (47:34):
Yeah, it's going to be a very low turnouts.
Speaker 5 (47:35):
The text was absolutely right about that, and it traditionally
in West Virginia is if there's not a presidential race,
and this is midterm, so no presidential race.
Speaker 7 (47:45):
Uh.
Speaker 5 (47:48):
On the squirrels, Texas, there used to be so many wonderful,
happy squirrels, not the past year.
Speaker 3 (47:53):
Sad the governor. But now I'm not reading that important.
Speaker 5 (47:58):
Texays, Uh, Dave, how about TJ's commentary this morning? He
sounded like a holier than now physical puritan who lacked
empathy and supports the use of government as a punitive
tool to use against its own citizens. Good thing, No
one in government has used debt relief protections from overborrowing
or being unable or unwilling to pay debt. Oh wait,
(48:18):
our president is one's Texter. Tex says if only Morrissey
was as worried about our guardsmen in DC as he
was about the squirrels.
Speaker 3 (48:28):
Again, if you're wondering, why in the heck.
Speaker 5 (48:30):
Are they talking about squirrels, well, the story the governor
on X last night did a Uh. There had been
all these rumors going around about a giant squirrel extermination
one of the capital. Steven's looked into it, Brad's looked
into it, Amelia's looked into it. Nobody's been able to
find out anything on this, and the governor took to
X last night to put a comment out about it,
demanding that another news organization or asking I guess that
(48:52):
another news organization address it.
Speaker 3 (48:54):
And uh and so that's that's.
Speaker 5 (48:57):
Where where do they get the facts and whatever? There
doesn't seem to be anything the stories bottom line coming
up later today. I Metro News Midday with thirteen News
and Tonight Live anchor Manda Baron and me It's Wednesday,
which means another wonderful West Virginian will be honored.
Speaker 3 (49:09):
Delicate.
Speaker 5 (49:09):
Clay Riley is going to join us on the show today,
you know, and we hear so much about data centers
and so much of it's negative, but not everyone is
against them, and Delegate Riley was one of those.
Speaker 3 (49:22):
Had a conversation with him last night.
Speaker 5 (49:25):
This has been one that's been one percent on board
with data centers and introduced legislation you know.
Speaker 3 (49:32):
About it.
Speaker 5 (49:32):
So Delegate Riley is going to join us during the
two o'clock hour on the show today. Plus we are
going to spend some more time talking about student loans,
and again TJ.
Speaker 3 (49:43):
Meadows is going.
Speaker 5 (49:44):
To join TJ who may be the worst vacationer ever
because he's on vacation, but he's joined us twice on.
Speaker 3 (49:50):
The show to this week, so he's going to join
us quickly.
Speaker 5 (49:53):
Chris Lawrence will have the news too, Meteoriologist Show Fitzwater
will stop buy and of course Open Line West Virginia
Metro News Midday powered by Selango law with thirteen News
in tonight Live anchor Manda Baron and me coming up
at noon today. I had a text here to the
show and I want to address just real quick, and
it said, continued Prayer's Dave, if you were listening to
the Metro News Midday show yesterday, and I'm a person
that kind of lives my life out in the open.
(50:15):
I talked about this on Metro News Midday yesterday, but
just in case you may have missed it, not trying
to get sympathy or anything like that, just throwing it
out there. I've I got a couple of health issues.
I'm not planning on checking out anytime soon, but I
did how to check up with the doctor and they
were concerned about my my PSA levels, and so I
(50:37):
kind of, you know, didn't do what I should as
far as a follow up appointment, and I went back
for a check and they said, well, guess what, They've
gone up even more.
Speaker 3 (50:44):
So I've started this series of you know.
Speaker 5 (50:46):
Trying to get it, you know, checked out about a
pretty high percentage rate that it probably is is cancer.
And I'm okay with that because just got to start
the treatment or whatever the treatment is.
Speaker 2 (50:58):
Now.
Speaker 5 (50:58):
I go in next Thursday and I will not be
on either show. Next Thursday. I will go in for
a for a BIOPSYE and we'll kind of see where
we are from there.
Speaker 3 (51:08):
But I appreciate I I put it on.
Speaker 5 (51:10):
So I mean it's social media official, as the kids
would say on a couple of times, and did a
post about it Monday. They got a lot of phone
calls and texts and things of that nature and people
well wishers.
Speaker 3 (51:21):
And bottom line is is that it's if it is,
it's very treatable.
Speaker 5 (51:25):
It's very and some I've done a lot of research,
talking to various people, talking to my medical professionals.
Speaker 3 (51:31):
In some cases they don't do anything at all.
Speaker 5 (51:33):
They just monitor it. Other cases they there may be
surgery or radiation, or there may be they're doing this
thing with seeds now which I don't even want to
go there the ability to grow cabbage in places that
I don't want to grow it. But anyway, so may
look into that, may not look into anything at all,
but the but the bottom line is is I'm only
(51:54):
The only reason I even put it on the air
and on social media to begin with was to tell
people that you got to take care of yourself. And
I have been one that has been very, very guilty
of not doing as much.
Speaker 3 (52:05):
So I Millie Snyder would be proud.
Speaker 5 (52:08):
I've still standaluz a little bit more, but I've lost
about thirty pounds over the last six to eight months
and working on it. As the late great Chris Ria
would say, And those of you that are obscure music
fans know who Chris Raya.
Speaker 3 (52:22):
Is working on it. We got this all right.
Speaker 5 (52:25):
No local show tomorrow or Friday. I'll be back on Monday.
Charleston Mayor Amy Stuler Goodwin in studio to give a
preview of her State of the City address, and also
Dandy Jones will join us on Monday. No Metro News
mid Day to actually Metro News Midday is a best
of show tomorrow. I'll be back flying that show on
solo on Friday, but I'll be back with Amanda later
today at nip till then have fun.
Speaker 18 (52:48):
I Love Somebody, M H.
Speaker 2 (53:04):
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Charleston one oh four point five Cross Lanes, a w
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